Second, fourth, plié, turn. Second, fourth, plié, turn.
I repeated this sequence over and over while my ballet teacher chanted it over the music. Each time, I pointed my foot out to the side (second), moved it about a foot behind my other foot while maintaining turnout (fourth), bent both…
I originally wrote Choose Your Own Adventure for my blog, The Girl with the Tree Tattoo, which primarily caters to ballroom dancers who got their start as adults. Topics focus on the mental and emotional aspects of the adult ballroom dancer journey. …
I’ve been thinking about how many different paths our dance journeys can take, even when the final destination is the same, such as a competition. We often look for a blueprint or a map to show us the way to our goals. A champion title in ballroom, for example…
“So-and-so is looking for ambassadors and wants to collaborate with you! DM so-and-so!”
I get message requests like this in my Instagram DMs at least once a week. Fitness brands mostly, the occasional jewelry brand. I always laugh because if so-and-so wants to work with me so much, why do…
I entered the Writers Challenge in August. There were four categories — Space, Death, Reentry and Work. I wrote articles for the first two.
The winners were just announced. I did not win any prize or receive any honorable mention. I didn’t expect to, honestly. There were about 10,000 entries…
A few weeks ago, I attended a personal development workshop, during which we did an exercise that involved listing things you believed to be true about yourself. This wasn’t meant to be a self-roast or pity party; the goal was to identify positive things. …
Mixed in with the scent of flowers nearly bloomed out
and apples half-eaten by deer
is a hint of decay.
Mother Nature’s version of pumpkin spice, it signals what’s to come.
Autumn prepares herself in the shadows as Summer,
in her old age,
loses the strength to warm them. …
I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow ballroom dancer for the first time in person this past week. She is one of several Maine dancers who proved me wrong when I thought I was moving to a place where I didn’t know anyone. …
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